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What a child's death on the border says about our country
American Thinker ^ | 12/16/2018 | By Amalric de Droevig

Posted on 12/16/2018 9:01:53 AM PST by SeekAndFind

The mainstream media's treatment of a young girl's death while in the custody of the Border Patrol is a case study in how the mainstream media control the national narrative and manipulate public opinion to advance their leftist agenda.

The purpose of flooding the internet and the airwaves with propaganda about the death and life of Jakelin Maquin isn't to edify or inform the public; it is to make Americans feel bad about enforcing any immigration laws at all. The real crime here isn't any wrongdoing on the part of the Border Patrol. The real crime, according to our Cultural Marxist overlords, is that the Border Patrol exists in the first place.

After all, it wasn't the Border Patrol that led this young child on a 2,000-mile trek over harsh terrain. It wasn't the Border Patrol who failed to provide her with water and vital nutrients. No, that was the doing of her own father. But he was a good guy, you know. He just wanted a "better life" for himself and his (now deceased) child.

Never mind that this argument from self-interest is the argument of every single drug-dealer, thief, and criminal since the dawn of time. In fact, the argument from self-interest isn't even a moral argument. If self-interest could, all by itself, justify an action morally, virtually any action would be justified. After all, it is rare that people deliberately harm themselves. "I murdered my boss, but they told me I had to do whatever it took to get that promotion! I raped that beautiful young woman, but I'm finally going to have a son!"

Not much of a moral argument, is it?

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: border; children; mexico
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1 posted on 12/16/2018 9:01:53 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Why now? Hundreds, thousands?, tens of thousands? of people of all ages have died crossing the border over the years.

I think that I know the answer — because this girl is a political pawn to be played. Shame on them.


2 posted on 12/16/2018 9:05:44 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: SeekAndFind

“If self-interest could, all by itself, justify an action morally, virtually any action would be justified.”

Socialists certainly live THAT every day! ‘Morally superior’ is their Mantra! *SPIT*


3 posted on 12/16/2018 9:05:58 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: SeekAndFind
How much deterrence can you get for a $2 snipper round?
4 posted on 12/16/2018 9:06:28 AM PST by depressed in 06 (60 in '20.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It says we should build the wall, to stop encouraging illegal aliens from risking their lives to break into our country.


5 posted on 12/16/2018 9:08:15 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (It's Ok to be white.)
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To: dhs12345

Why do we only hear about young women that go missing when they’re adorable?


6 posted on 12/16/2018 9:08:18 AM PST by TheZMan (I am a secessionist.)
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To: SeekAndFind

BUT... From various sources... a “healthy” 7 yo jakelin leaves her home in Raxruha, Guatemala with her father on 12/01. They leave behind mom, 2 brothers (ages 9 and 5) and a baby girl. Five days later, on 12/06, they turned themselves over to border patrol in antelope wells, nm. The father said they were not part of the caravan, he paid human smugglers, that they travelled by bus most of the way, they were dropped at the border and walked 1 1/2 hrs, they never lacked food or water.


7 posted on 12/16/2018 9:10:17 AM PST by glenduh
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To: dhs12345
because this girl is a political pawn to be played. Shame on them.

You can't have political theater without a few props. Dead children are the dems favored props i.e. Sandy Hook or any number of other catastrophes.

8 posted on 12/16/2018 9:11:01 AM PST by usurper ( version)
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To: SeekAndFind

This pawn’s death says little or nothing about our country. It speaks volumes about the girl’s home country, her irresponsible parents, and the enablers who create the attractive nuisance that draws parasites like carrion draws crows.


9 posted on 12/16/2018 9:11:41 AM PST by IronJack
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Because rest are unimportant because they don't play as well on the primetime news.
10 posted on 12/16/2018 9:13:05 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: usurper

Yet, they pretend to be the caring people.


11 posted on 12/16/2018 9:13:53 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: SeekAndFind

As long as abortion is legal and encouraged any discussion on the death of innocent youngsters is moot.


12 posted on 12/16/2018 9:14:32 AM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (Strangest civil war in history, only one side is shooting.)
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To: IronJack
Yet we only hear in passing what caused the horrible situation in their native country.

BTW, how is Venezuela doing these days? Hey Sean Penn? Hows your buddies doing?

13 posted on 12/16/2018 9:15:38 AM PST by dhs12345
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As long as abortion is legal and encouraged any discussion on the death of innocent youngsters is moot.

This was a late late late term abortion. The Left should be overjoyed.

14 posted on 12/16/2018 9:18:02 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s not like this is the first time this has happened.


15 posted on 12/16/2018 9:20:18 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: SeekAndFind

What does it say about the Leftists who sponsored the border run and now salivate at the thought of wielding the child's death like a political hammer? It says they are evil. To protect ourselves we need a wall, and we need to throw them on the other side of it.


16 posted on 12/16/2018 9:22:13 AM PST by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: SeekAndFind

It says nothing about our country.

Our country was not responsible for the child being there or dying.


17 posted on 12/16/2018 9:22:24 AM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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To: <1/1,000,000th%

All of this publicity about this one child and in the past month I read about 2 cases of horrific child abuse right here in the good old USA-———not a peep of outrage over those 2 kids,and one of them was a baby.

Way down deep these idiots are GLAD that this immigrant child died———more fuel for the anti-Trump fire.

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18 posted on 12/16/2018 9:25:04 AM PST by Mears
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To: SeekAndFind

Seems like their tactics are backfiring yet again.


19 posted on 12/16/2018 9:27:03 AM PST by JayGalt (You can't teach a donkey how to tap dance.)
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To: SeekAndFind

And the carnage against all sorts of actual Americans in Chicago including children happens DAILY.


20 posted on 12/16/2018 9:35:29 AM PST by isthisnickcool (Say what you will about The Donald, but he has all the right enemies.)
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